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This is a basic feature listing for the Canon EOS 50 / Elan II.

Canon EOS 50 / Elan II:

A popular amateur camera, this product was the version of the Elan IIE/EOS 50E that did not support eye-control focus (ECF) - hence the missing E from the name. It was never marketed in Japan. Though not a pro model, it was nonetheless quite functional, with a solid plastic body.

For some reason it was sold with a "retro" colour scheme in most markets - black body with a silver top. Strengths include film transport and metering controls easily operated in the dark by feel (two levers) and a patterned red AF assist light for low-light autofocus. This camera was also the first to support Canons new E-TTL flash metering system. Weaknesses - only 3 focus points, 6 metering zones, no wireless E-TTL flash ratios.

Canon EOS 50 / Elan II

Camera medium type

35mm film

European/Australasian name

EOS 50

North American name

EOS Elan II

Japanese name

n/a

Asian name

EOS 50

Date introduced

September 1995

Date discontinued

Marketing position when introduced

Advanced amateur

Physical body

Canon EOS 50 / Elan II

Body type and material

Plastic with aluminium top

Body build quality

Reasonable, though a plastic-feeling body

Body colour

Black with silver top; some versions of the European EOS 50 may have been sold as all-black

Lens mount type

Canon EF

Lens mount material

Stainless steel

Dimensions (width, height, depth)

153 x 105 x 71mm

Relative size

Medium sized. People with large hands may want to add the battery pack.

1) Film rewind - silent or high-speed.2) Film leader: rewind leader into cartridge or leave film leader out.3) Film speed: set by DX code or set manually.4) AE lock operation and AF activation: AF operation with shutter button and AE lock with AE lock button, AF with AE lock and AE lock with shutter release, AF with shutter button and depth-of-field preview with AE lock button.5) Mirror lock-up and self-timer: normal or press shutter release for 2 second mirror prefire.6) Flash sync: first curtain or second curtain7) AF-assist beam: enabled or disabled.8) Partial metering and FE lock link to focus points: link to centre point only or link to active point9) Shutter speed setting: automatic or to top sync speed of 1/125 sec.10) Focus point flashing: enabled or disabled

A note about names. The reason certain camera bodies may have multiple names is because Canon often use different model names for different regional markets. This usually applies only to consumer and some midrange products, and mainly to the USA and Japan. Whereas the international name is usually just a number or number/letter combination, the USA name will often be some cool or tough-sounding name such as Rebel. Canon Japan, on the other hand, typically use cute marketing names such as Kiss for their consumer products. Under certain rare circumstances
there may be actual differences between the differently named products. For
example, Japanese versions of the product may support wireless remotes whereas other
versions may not.

In addition, note that date-back equipped versions of many film bodies are and were available, often with QD (quartz date) or DATE added to their product names. Japanese versions of consumer and midrange film cameras, however, almost always have date printing as a standard feature.

I generally organize the information by the European/Australasian name, since its usually a logical numeric system. Basically, the fewer the digits the more expensive the camera. Thus the 1000 cameras are consumer, the 100 cameras are advanced amateur, the 10, 5 and 3 cameras are semi-professional and the 1 cameras are professional. The terms consumer and professional arent judgement terms here - just Canons descriptions of the market segments to which the cameras are aimed.

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